A-League: Macarthur welcome Melbourne Victory in what should be an absorbing football fixture. Here's everything you need to know!
- All of Macarthur's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
Macarthur form and stats
Only two A-League home games for Macarthur so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for Macarthur, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Central Coast Mariners away with the result 3-2. Aspropotamitis, Drew and Toure found the net in that victory. Finally, a league win after three games without one. Some amazing scenes last match, when Drew scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time. Midfield player Baccus got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Baccus dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Wellington Phoenix.Macarthur has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {3 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the A-League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Melbourne, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Adelaide United (placed 3rd). Defender Cadete was the best team player with a rating of 7.01. Cadete won 8 of 17 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Newcastle Jets.A fact for sports gamblers considering a bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no team finding the net.
In the opposite end, Melbourne Victory have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings involving these contenders: Macarthur won two, Melbourne Victory were winners in two and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Rose 2 goals |  M. Millar 2 goals |   C. Ikonomidis 2 goals |
Macarthur missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Macarthur | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 3.3 | 3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 7.5 | 8 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 3.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 18 | 14.8 |
| 4.2 | 5.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 36% | 36% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 18.3 | 23 | 23 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11 | 10.5 |
| 7.2 | 9.5 | 11 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- All of Macarthur's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Macarthur have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Sydney | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Melbourne Victory | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 11 | Western United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
